“Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.” Marthe Troly-Curtin
“You can have it all. Just not all at once.” Oprah Winfrey
“Time is the longest distance between two places.” Tennessee Williams
“Don’t waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.” Paulo Coelho
Cycling through a painting
The Van Gogh-Roosegaarde bicycle path is the most innovative and artistic bicycle path in the Netherlands. The 600-metre-long path runs past the place where Vincent van Gogh lived from 1883 to 1885. The bicycle path, designed by Daan Roosegaarde, consists of thousands of tiny, luminous stones and is inspired by the famous Van Gogh painting ‘Starry Night’.
Heijmans and Studio Roosegaarde have translated a 600-metre-long section of the 335-km-long Van Gogh cycle route into a contemporary design. The bicycle path section has been given a new layer of asphalt, scattered with thousands of luminous stones. Innovative technology enables them to charge during the day and emit light in the evening.
The luminous stones are formed in a pattern inspired by the famous painting ‘Starry Night’ (1889). The painting depicts a night scene with yellow stars above a small hilly town. People experience a ride across the bicycle path as if they are cycling through the ‘Starry Night’.
Nature
The bicycle path lighting is as subtle as possible to ensure minimal intrusion on the habitat of animals. To this purpose the intensity of the light giving stones has been adapted. By incorporating lighting into the bicycle path itself, additional street lighting is unnecessary.
Together with Studio Roosegaarde, Heijmans is giving consideration to the Dutch landscape in a new way. Light, energy and interaction playing an important role in this process. This innovative cycle path and the development of Glowing Lines are examples of how innovation and design go hand in hand with culture and recreation.
Collaboration
The Van Gogh-Roosegaarde bicycle path is part of a collaboration between the Province of North Brabant, municipality of Eindhoven, Van Gogh Brabant, VisitBrabant, Eindhoven 365 and Routebureau Brabant. The province is accelerating the improvement of nature and recreation around ‘de Ruit’ by supporting projects such as this artistic bicycle path.
Who is perfect, anyway? Pro Infirmis, a Swiss organization for people with disabilities, asked that question in a compelling installation and video.
Founded in 1920 in Zurich, Pro Infirmis plays an important role in advocating for and supporting people with disabilities through a wide range of programs, including political advocacy and legal assistance.
“Be happy with being you. Love your flaws. Own your quirks. And know that you are just as perfect as anyone else, exactly as you are.” by Ariana Grande
Look at yourself in the mirror!
Link to the site:
http://www.proinfirmis.ch/en/kantonale-angebote/zuerich.html?type=899
The naked truth. Beauty comes from the soul, because it is a reflection of your heart.
A flower’s true beauty is only found in the garden where she belongs.
By Adriana Sassoon
At the site of Ground braking of 1000 One Museum !
With Mayor Tomás Regalado, Mayi De La Vega, Genilde Guerra & Adriana Sassoon . Waiting to see Patrik Schumacher & Zaha walk in and present the Project.
Sneak Peak
Achillina Bo, mais conhecida como Lina Bo Bardi, (Roma, 5 de dezembro de 1914 — São Paulo, 20 de março de 1992) foi uma arquiteta modernista italiana.
Foi casada com o crítico de arte Pietro Maria Bardi e é conhecida por ter projetado o Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP). Em 05 de dezembro de 2014 o Google homenageou Lina por seu centenário.
100 Anos de Lina
Lina Bo Bardi completaria cem anos em dezembro de 2014. Poucos centenários são comemorados com as concepções do homenageado tão reconhecidas pela sua atualidade. No caso, mais do que foram enquanto vivia.
Durante seus últimos dez anos de vida, após a inauguração do SESC Pompeia em 1982, Lina abriu uma nova fase em sua carreira. Apoiada pelos seus jovens colaboradores, Marcelo Ferraz, André Vainer e Marcelo Suzuki, produziu projetos que apontavam para uma renovação da arquitetura brasileira, então um tanto acomodada pela falta de oxigênio cultural dos anos da ditadura. Após sua morte em 1992, o reconhecimento desses anos foi potencializado pelo Instituto Bardi, graças a suas exposições, publicações e presença na mídia. Lina tornou-se uma referência internacional.
O século XXI, mais especificamente o pós crise de 2008, viu vários dos seus temas e posições tornarem-se pauta do debate sobre cultura, meio-ambiente, patrimônio histórico e produção material da arquitetura e dos objetos.
Para comemorar seu centenário, o Instituto Bardi reuniu várias iniciativas dispersas em um comitê curador, procurando dar organicidade ao evento e evitar sobreposições e redundâncias.
Além de várias exposições, publicações, filmes, encontros e uma campanha pela recuperação de suas principais obras compõe a programação.
Os interessados em apoiar o centenário podem entrar em contato com o Instituto.
http://www.institutobardi.com.br
Zaha Hadid IRL Zaha Hadid will be the guest of honor at One Thousand Museum’s groundbreaking ceremony, which will mark the start of work on the 709-foot tower, built by Zaha Hadid Architects.
One Thousand Museum Tower is one of several by high-profile architects that are beginning to take root in Miami, changing the tide of investment from real estate that is solely driven by waterfront locations to architecture that is high-end and luxurious.
New renderings of Zaha Hadid Architect‘s 215 meter-high One Thousand Museum Tower in downtown Miami have been released. As the first Zaha Hadid-designed skyscraper to grace the skyline of the Western Hemisphere, the 60-story luxury condominium will mask its program with a prominent concrete exoskeleton.
The building’s 83-condos – ranging from 5,400 to 11,000 square feet and featuring amenities such as private elevators, media rooms, and libraries – will cost $5 and $15 million per unit. Community amenities will include a helipad, a deck with multiple pools and cabanas, rooftop event spaces, a cigar lounge, sun decks and billiards rooms, a fitness center and a screen room.
The tower’s massive concrete exoskeleton, standing in stark contrast with the delicate and transparent glazing system, will form delicate curves around the curtain wall system to conceal a series of platforms and balconies. This structure will continue to flow over the podium, which articulated with large perforated metal panels, to ground itself at the street level while visually unifying the structure as a single object within the skyline.
*ZAHA HADID*
Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid, DBE (Arabic: زها حديد Zahā Ḥadīd; born 31 October 1950) is an Iraqi-British architect. She received the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2004—the first woman to do so—and the Stirling Prize in 2010 and 2011.
Her buildings are distinctively neofuturistic, characterised by the “powerful, curving forms of her elongated structures”with “multiple perspective points and fragmented geometry to evoke the chaos of modern life”.
She is currently professor at the University of Applied Arts Vienna in Austria.
http://www.zaha-hadid.com
ADRIANA SASSOON 